Privacy Policy

1. Overview

CharacterPractice.com is designed to work anonymously by default. You can practice most of the site without an account or login. Signing in unlocks features such as syncing your progress across devices — and that’s the only reason we’d collect personal information from you.

2. What We Collect

If you are not signed in:

• Usage analytics — page views, general device type, and rough geographic region, collected via Google Analytics and Vercel Insights.
• Practice progress in your browser — stored locally via localStorage. This never leaves your device.

If you sign in:

• Name and email address — provided by Google via our authentication provider Clerk when you sign in.
• Practice progress — which characters you have completed and when, stored in our database so it can be synced across devices.
• Preferences — such as your email marketing consent choice, currently stored in your browser.
• The same anonymous analytics as above.

We do not collect: your handwriting strokes, drawing input, payment information, or any content beyond the fields listed above.

3. How We Use Your Information

• To deliver the Service — authenticate you, sync your practice progress, remember your preferences.
• To improve the Service — understand which features are used and where users get stuck, based on anonymous / aggregate analytics.
• To send email updates, only if you have opted in to marketing consent. See section 4.
• To respond to your requests, such as account deletion or support questions.

We do not sell your personal information, and we do not use it for advertising to you.

4. Email Marketing

When you sign in for the first time, we ask whether you’d like to receive occasional emails about new features, updates, and study tips. The checkbox in your Settings is on by default; you can turn it off at any time from your My Page → Settings. If you receive a marketing email, every message will also include a one-click unsubscribe link.

Turning off marketing consent does not affect essential emails required to run your account (for example, account-security notifications).

5. Cookies and Local Storage

We use a small number of cookies and browser storage mechanisms:

• Session cookies set by Clerk to keep you signed in.
• Analytics cookies set by Google Analytics and Vercel Insights.
• localStorage on your device to remember your practice progress (when anonymous) and your UI preferences.

You can clear cookies and localStorage at any time through your browser’s settings. Doing so may sign you out and reset any locally-stored anonymous progress.

6. Data Retention

• Account data is retained as long as your account exists.
• Progress data is retained as long as your account exists, and is deleted when you delete your account.
• Analytics data is retained according to Google Analytics and Vercel Insights defaults.
• localStorage data on your device is retained until you clear it or your browser removes it.

7. Your Rights

You have the right to:

• Access a summary of the personal data associated with your account.
• Correct your display name and preferences from the Settings page.
• Delete your account and all associated data. You can request deletion via the contact channel below; we will complete the deletion within 30 days.
• Opt out of marketing email at any time from Settings or via the unsubscribe link in any email.
• Object or restrict certain kinds of processing, where applicable law grants that right.

8. Children’s Privacy

CharacterPractice.com is not directed at children under 13. If you believe a child under 13 has signed in, please contact us and we will delete the account.

9. International Users

The Service is hosted on infrastructure that may store data in the United States or other regions. By using the Service, you consent to this cross-border processing. Where local law grants stronger data-protection rights, those rights still apply to you.

10. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Policy from time to time. When we do, we will update the effective date at the top of this page. For material changes, we may also notify signed-in users by email or by a visible notice on the site.

11. Contact

Questions about this Policy or requests to access / delete your data? You can reach the site operator via the Buy Me a Coffee page linked in the footer. See also our Terms of Service.